Black Saturday bushfire

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  • Black Saturday Bushfire
    • Causes
      • Started we think because of power lines falling or banging together
      • Heatwave had hit a week before the fire which caused high pressure
      • Was dry 60mph wind blowing
    • Impacts
      • 173 deaths
      • 141 injured
      • 22 major burns
      • Destroyed over 2030 houses and 1400 more structures
      • 1180 livestock died
      • Cost is $4.4 billion
      • Many had no power for a few days
      • Psychological impact
      • Higher levels of CO2
    • Responses
      • 500 firefighters tried to control the fire
      • Communication was poor which lead to many deaths
      • Care packs given out
      • Making sure power lines were updated to be more safe

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